The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-14

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Nellie had an exceiient opportunity to become
acquainted with the new place and people
sr assssant Charles ae P The
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beard and moustaehe. He is an attentive.
hard-working assistant. v-,.
soms Mss nc krooser
Of head attendant. shs vas however, acting
ons the sss e and
tious women Of twenty years, sxpeIienfSs sd IN
Finney. an attendant In He'll T. is another OF
heaS, ne sSra Is auss sna
manners, and Of excellent standing In the
asylum.
PUT DOWN AS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
II this ward and IN charge Of th ssr dSStSs
iernoon and night Of Oct !. and until noon noon
OF Dot 8, In about the same condition ana Win
her stay IN
some s.Sn tfeab 5 with Miss Neville and patient
assoc cH d' room in which i've strange women
slept. The S4-inch cots were, ranged in q row
a few inches apart. The other two were placed
one on each side of the door. whose swing took
up the space that would have suniced to P Ht IL
mad one OF the cots alongside Of tho door, In
this room the six patients were put to bed ny
and e s The door locked. In this place she is re-
pG BY tho Us shP y The month she began to
at the same time she did not reveal anything
the nsr Of he Fss mental
Dent, In his rounds. spoke to her. and asked
the sH se 70 as 20
Seemed to DO a little brighter; talks q little
note discharged improved. Peter A, Hem
bricks Of 20 Nassau street assuming the re-.
II and sfnng ths that
sa Of h S.. AK sas
tSs ers dischsrae. and she was got ready 90
with him. She allowed no change to shown her
ssv %sf shs this Sudne eens
tors. She ran into the office Of the staff where
~
railing She was somewhat in hItter and,
looking hastily about, cried out: NO one Is
hers .Ss uS. Dr. her
and and expressed hope that she would get along
WHAT COULD THE DOCTORS HAVE DONE?
OF the whole case DR.. Dent says TINT he will
thing wrong that should be corrected he will
r re of steadY
on the inspections and reports 81 the visitors eL
Ct the R Stat, and on abs a'e
aspect Of the case he says that in the absence
siderins the certificates and commitment on
which she came her manner. behavi2r and
20 6e aspsoa
had been directed to her .as malinGerer there
was no one to discharge her to. The only ad-
with her was that Of the temporary home IN
Second avenue; where without money one she
S w9Sa tSe pas
nearly akin to suicidal mamie: Of the tesis .t to
'ion. When the suspicion 81 s@Slation war
by constant Watching il. the test Of any value:
He says that II he had his attention attracted
to any suspicion OF Neiies eo aasrd Pc Pc
under continuous observation. as. in the event
OF the suspicious being unfounded and her
tend d' to make her delusions indeiible and her
cure impossible.
OFFICIAL REPORTS ABOUT HER.
The official reports Of the persons who had
int Dr. knsr ns
She stated in conversation that she was In Cuba, and
notN.w York and that This mast be Cuba because she
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n. w L II Vol, la.
ihs $ith hat %s she wss in d:PTs:ssd
nssiss. IN sayshns aeoa. and !sfasns
question: except an s,.S or . she
for the next TWO days after that time did not see
Miss NJ. Grady states as follows:
She made particular disturbance in the ball except
ana make
sef and o REUSED to take i when
~
% 0P hs noa
me as putting it all on
Miss Alicia McCarten states as follows:
She talked with the other patients telling them they
said the A.. here not
with patient;-
hlS6 ammo 0Eup0 T6pOrtS no
She never spoke to me In polite manner, was inso
lent In her conversation answered. very shortly con-
versed some about Cuba and said she formerly lived
thought she She conversed with
the other patients and tried incite them 70 ask for all
tendans She did mind well and was disrespectfu
In her manner She complained Of being cold and when
more clothing given her she refused to put
DR.. George o. Caldwell states:
Regarding the case Of Nellie Brown whom received
in Hall on Oct =. would make the following state
ment: Tho In the book follows; Received
from Hall B-good physical northumberland, and
evidently but little to her surroundings An
questions by repeating over and over something
In q foreign language will add to the above state
that the answers to questions were Isl Senior"
that when requested TO speak English and told that
peat the She sat with hands folded In her
lap looking ahe floor acting In restless and nervous
manner and having the countenance of one suffering
from melancholia
Miss @. Kroener says:
Nellie Brown was received in Hall Z Oct !, and
asked change her clothes by attendants which she
did refused the dress given her as II did not
suit her complexion. She refused TO walk with
uent except Annie Neville who had always been her COM
panion since she was admitted to Bellevue Hospital
asked her II she could play the piano She said yes but
she would play here. ask her she would sew
do some work She said no, not while here She was very
rude and saucy sometimes and INCLINED 70 make other
very noisy and excited for three or four hours
Otherwise her general behavior was good.
DIR. Charles @. Flint states: